Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/nāl

This Proto-Dravidian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Dravidian

**Proto-Dravidian numbers ^(edit)**
← 3	4	5 →
Cardinal: nāl Adjectival: nāl

Numeral

*nāl

four

Descendants

Tamil: நால் (nāl)
Malayalam: നാല് (nālŭ)
Tulu: ನಾಲ್ (nālŭ)
Kannada: ನಾಲು (nālu)
Gondi: నాలుంగ్ (nāluṅg)
Kodava: ನಾಲು (nālu)

Derived terms

*nāl-nk(k)V
- Tamil: நால்கு (nālku)
- Kannada: ನಾಲ್ಕು (nālku), ನಾಕು (nāku), ನಾಲಕ್ಕು (nālakku), ನಾಲುಕು (nāluku)
- Telugu: నాలుగు (nālugu), నాల్గు (nālgu)
- Kolami: నాలిఙ్ (nāliṅ), नालिङ्
- → Nihali: नल्को

*nān-k(k)V
- Tamil: நான்கு (nāṉku)
- Malayalam: നാങ്ക് (nāṅkŭ)
- Toda: [script needed] (nōng)
- Kota (India): [script needed] (nāng)
- Kurukh: नाख़ (nāx)

References

Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN.
Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “nālku”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
S. Nair, Ravi Shankar (2013) “nāl”, in Tribal Languages of Kerala, Language in India

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